A man burst into a DeSoto house Friday morning and fatally shot his ex-girlfriend, her father and her new boyfriend before turning the gun on himself, police said.

The gunman, Almonzo Henderson, remained in serious condition, police said.

About 8:30 a.m., DeSoto police were called to the home in the 1000 block of Oak Meadow Lane, where neighbors reported hearing shots, said DeSoto police Capt. Ron Smith.

Officers knocked on the door and when there was no response, SWAT officers were called. They entered and found three dead and Henderson with a gunshot wound to the head, Smith said.

The victims were identified as Autumn Carey, 25; her father, Gerald Malone, 48; and her new boyfriend, Adrian Jessie, 22, who police said was visiting from Oklahoma.

Smith said Henderson, 26, had kicked in the front door and, after an argument, shot Malone, Smith said. Then he shot the others and himself.

“They’ve had some words recently and apparently he didn’t like the responses and got real angry about it,” Smith said.

Malone’s wife, Cheryl, ran out of the house with several children and took refuge at a neighbor’s house, he said.

A neighbor said the suspect and Carey had a baby together. Another neighbor, Rod Pearson, who lives several houses away, said Cheryl Malone ran with the children to his house.

“She told me her husband had been shot. One of the kids saw his father shoot his mom and grandfather,” he said.

A woman who lives across the street said she was dozing Friday morning after returning from shopping when she heard a noise at the door. She opened her front door to see what was going on and she said she saw the man’s wife down the street.

“She was really upset and crying,” said the neighbor, who asked not to be identified. “She ran back to me and kind of hugged me.”

The neighbor said she let the woman in to use her phone.

“She said, ‘He’s in the house. He’s in the house,’” the neighbor said. “I said, ‘Who’s in the house?’ She said, ‘My ex son-in-law and my children are in there.’”

About that time, the police arrived and escorted the woman across the street. A short time later, the neighbor said, she saw one of the woman’s daughters come out with her newborn and a toddler. A few minutes later, a second daughter came out as the police told her to hurry.

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